Parade of the Award Nominees

A Special Cartoon

Release Date : November 18, 1932

Running Time : 2:32

Synopsis

A short short made especially for the 1932 Academy Awards show; it features a small parade of the nominees for best actor and actress. In order they were Wallace Beery for "The Champ" (with Jackie Cooper trailing along behind), Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne for "The Guardsman", Helen Hayes for "The Sins of Madelon Claudet", Fredric March for "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", and Marie Dressler for "Emma."

Technical Specification

Comments

From Jerry Edwards : I especially enjoyed the section of Fredric March changing from Dr. Jekyll
to Mr. Hyde. One item you don't have in your info on this is that the
background and several of the characters is recycled animation from the
1931 Silly Symphony
Mother
Goose Melodies.

From Ryan : This short was never viewed by the public. It was simply made for the Academy Awards. Here we see Mickey leading the parade and Pluto is walking in the back of the line with a banner that reads: THE END. In fact, Pluto is gray in this short rather than yellow.

From Jan Rola Rozycki : After
Mickey's Good Deed, this is my
favorite
Disney short, being, in the words of Leonard Maltin, 'A real treat for Disney
fans and old movie aficionados alike'. The strong points are the music and
fairytale background, as well as the buzz you are likely to get seeing Mickey,
Minnie, Clarabelle and Pluto in glowing Technicolor for the first time.
Short and sweet, and the boxer had me in stitches.

From Bryan Hensley : This marks Mickey's first appearance in Technicolor,
as well as Minnie, Clarabelle Cow and Pluto. (who's unusually gray in it!)
Mickey's first whole short in color was
The Band Concert in 1935! The
music played in this shortie was re-used in a 1939 shortie called
The Standard
Parade for the Standard Oil company (That one had the 7 dwarves and other
newer characters in it, as well as Mickey and Minnie's new look!) In case
you're wondering how classic shorts like
Gallopin' Gaucho or
Mickey's
Good Deed or Mickey's Orphans ended up in color on TV (or home video);
they've been restored and colorized with the current technology of the 80's
or 90's! But I digress, Parade of the Award Nominees is entirely done in
3-strip Technicolor, despite being only 2 1/2 minutes long. For all you
movie buffs out there who recognize the stars in the parade, or anyone who
wants to see a previously-unseen part of Mickey's history, I hope you enjoy
this shortie which doesn't involve any real words being spoken! By the way,
Mickey looks better in red shorts and Pluto looks better in yellow!